If you need to sweep everyday...

I sweep the kitchen at least twice a day, if not after every meal. My kids are oinkers!! I use a typical broom and dust pan, stiffens never got the floor clean enough or picked up the big food chunks. I would love love love to get a robot vacuum but it's not high on the priority list right now ;)

Broom and dustpan daily, and occasionally a good vacuuming since we have hardwood floors and stuff gets in the cracks.

I sweep every day just with a broom and dustpan. I never found swiffers to work very well for me either. 

Broom and dustpan here - SM, thanks for the idea for a long handled dust pan! I'm known to just pile it up in a corner late in pregnancy when I physically can't bend over to use it and DH doesn't think about it until it's really really bad - I would like to avoid that situation again and that would be a good option. Duh!

I only sweep the kitchen/dining room areas daily. We are a no-shoes household with no pets so it's not too terrible throughout the rest of the house. I have a vacuum that does pretty well on solid flooring so I just do that every couple of days and under furniture once a week (we have really nice wood grain/country plank linoleum type stuff so not much to worry about in the way of cracks). When we had a cat at the old house I had to vacuum every stinkin' day! Such a pain.

I tried a swiffer thinking it would be easier, but not so much. A pretty big waste of money.

Bectoria wrote: I have a dog so there's no food chunks...not much to sweep after a meal.   it's just the general non-edible stuff that needs sweeping.  and dust.  k.  so I need to keep my broom not in the basement then. cause going to fetch it every day will get old I think.

It was nice outside last night so we ate out on the deck. We actually gave YDD rice to self-feed b/c it is way too sticky of a mess in the house! One of the chickens came up and happily cleaned up after her . It was pretty nice actually...

I don't sweep the upstairs of my house, just vacuum it once a week (hardwood and all).  But if I were going to sweep my bathroom regularly I'd probably stash at least a small broom/dustpan set in a closet somewhere.  I like having cleaning supplies close to the area where I'll use them.

moonangel12 wrote: Bectoria wrote: I have a dog so there's no food chunks...not much to sweep after a meal.   it's just the general non-edible stuff that needs sweeping.  and dust.  k.  so I need to keep my broom not in the basement then. cause going to fetch it every day will get old I think. It was nice outside last night so we ate out on the deck. We actually gave YDD rice to self-feed b/c it is way too sticky of a mess in the house! One of the chickens came up and happily cleaned up after her . It was pretty nice actually...

Ugh, rice is the worst!!  I always let it dry out before I even attempt to sweep it up.

i've been trying to teach the kids to sweep  

we have one regular long-handled broom that hangs on a hook in the cellarway.  i open the basement door and it's right there.  if it were in the basement? Forget it! :D  there is a small whisk broom/dustpan (IKEA) upstairs in the bathroom cabinet that i use for quick cleanups. 

ita with linda about the microfiber towels on a swiffer.  our house is all hardwood and ceramic tile, except one super-small carpeted bedroom, and if i don't feel like mopping the mf/swiffer combo works really well to get all the dust.  also - mopping - i spray the wood floor with a vinegar/water mix and then swiffer it with either an old regular towel or a cheap mf towel on it.  works great. 

I use a regular broom and then little broom dustpan set in the kitchen. If it's a busy day, I'll just keep sweeping things into the corner all day then actually only use the dustpan after dinner. It's not ideal, but I do what I can. ODS also sweeps into the same corner. He could never make a pile, but he can sweep into the corner decently. I keep my broom in the laundry room and dustpan/broom set under the kitchen sink. I vacuum our upstairs bath, but yeah I'd keep the broom up there if I swept it. 

Edited by jberrec - 05 Jun 2012 at 4:26pm

Whew! So glad I'm not the only "sweep into a corner" person!  I was terrified to admit it for fear that it would be looked at as totally gross and disgusting (although when PG it does sit far longer than I would like).

I might have to look into a broom vac type thing for those uncomfortable months... It's one of those things that I knew they existed, but never though to actually buy one for myself. Silly me!

Broom and dustpan here too. There are days when I sweep 6+ times a day. I only use the swiffer as a mop substitute, so I sweep then swiffer. Sometimes I'll vaccum the dinning room if I know it's just dry crumbs and I've got the vacuum out already.

Man I miss my dog cleaning up the food . I had a swiffer vac but it always lost power halfway through the kitchen. I wasn't a fan of the regualr swiffer either. I now have a broom with a long handled dustpan that the broom clips on to for storage that I like better than any of the swiffers. It's simple and easy. Once in a while I will vacume. Maybe once a month or less just to get behind the furniture in the kitchen (computer desk, office cabinets, water cooler, etc.) I ususally wipe with a wet rag after rice and pasta or leave it until the next day when it has dried and can be swept. I got the broom/dustpan combo at Ikea.

bree wrote: I just vacuum. My MIL actually asked me where my broom was the other day and I said "Um...... we only have one outside! Lol"  I use the dyson w/ the brushes off on all the floors and random rugs, then I do a quick once-over the big area rug w/ the brushes on. However, in the past w/ my crappy vac I use to vacuum, then sweep w/ a broom, then swiffer!!! before I could mop. I hate dusty grainy dirty hardwood!

Which dyson do you use on your hardwood floors?

Christine - I really want to get a basic Shark. I had one years ago and it was perfect for quick clean ups. I need to just get one I really dislike having to sweep and swiffers don't seem to do anything.